Athens

What it does

Access control

Athens can host private modules, exclude access to public modules, and store public modules.checked 5 Oct 2026

Authentication

Athens documents supplying credentials in different formats for access to version control systems.checked 5 Oct 2026

Checksum database

Athens can proxy a checksum database API.checked 5 Oct 2026

Deployment

The maker lists deployment on AWS, Azure, GCP, Digital Ocean, Alibaba, or bare metal.checked 5 Oct 2026

Immutable storage

Athens stores modules in append-only storage and does not change a module after saving it.checked 5 Oct 2026

Install methods

The maker provides a Docker image, build-from-source guidance, and Kubernetes Helm charts.checked 5 Oct 2026

Integrations

The documentation describes fetching modules from version control systems and using Go module repositories such as proxy.golang.org or another Athens server as upstreams.checked 5 Oct 2026

Private modules

Organizations can run a private mirror to manage private code alongside public code.checked 5 Oct 2026

Purpose

Athens is an open source Go Module proxy for retrieving Go packages.checked 5 Oct 2026

Storage options

Athens supports multiple configurable storage options, with storage configuration covered in its documentation.checked 5 Oct 2026

Support

The project invites users to office hours and its Gophers Slack channel for discussion and questions.checked 5 Oct 2026

Use cases

The documentation describes use cases including anti-censorship, compliance, data privacy, and data continuity.checked 5 Oct 2026